The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued a draft guidance titled, “Benefit-Risk Assessment for New Drug and Biological Products,” which aims to provide a clearer understanding how a drug’s benefits, risks, and...more
Under FDA's leadership, the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) recently published Q13 draft guidelines on continuous manufacturing (CM) to advance the brand and generic drug industries ability to obtain approvals...more
On July 9, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) added a Q&A page on its website about the May 31 end of the grace period intended to provide developers of human...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) commitment to expand mutual reliance with trusted regulatory partners may be a silver lining for biomedical innovation during an unprecedented public health emergency. ...more
On April 21, 2021, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director Peter Marks M.D. confirmed that the grace period intended to provide developers of regenerative medicines with time to assess whether they...more
On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the immediately-in-effect guidance “Remote Interactive Evaluations of Drug Manufacturing and Bioresearch Monitoring Facilities During the COVID-19 Public...more
4/15/2021
/ Biologics ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Inspections ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Remote Proceedings ,
Supply Chain
On July 31, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published a joint report on their efforts to support the development of and expedite access to breakthrough therapies that...more
8/5/2019
/ Biologics ,
Breakthrough Therapy Designation ,
CGMP ,
Data Management ,
European Medicines Agency (EMA) ,
Expedited FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Innovation ,
Manufacturers ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Standards
On November 9, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced that the agency launched new inspection protocols for aseptic processing of sterile drugs to be used by FDA investigators during surveillance and pre-approval...more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized two important Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)-related guidances that aim to help pharmaceutical trading partners understand their compliance obligations...more
Earlier yesterday, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., made publicly available for the first time FDA’s internal policy (MAPP 5014.1) for how drug manufacturing facilities are prioritized and scheduled for surveillance...more
On Wednesday, FDA announced that it filed two complaints in federal court seeking injunctions to stop marketing efforts of unapproved stem cell treatments by US Stem Cell Clinic of Sunrise, Florida, and California Stem Cell...more
5/14/2018
/ Commercial Marketing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Injunctions ,
Life Sciences ,
Patient Safety ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regenerative Medicine ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Stem cells
Last week, FDA published a January 3, 2018 Warning Letter issued to American CryoStem for marketing Atcell—an adipose tissue derived stem cell product—without FDA approval and for several drug current Good Manufacturing...more
On December 5, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) finalized its “leapfrog guidance” entitled, “Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Devices”.
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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a comprehensive framework for development and oversight of regenerative medicine products, including innovative cell-based therapies. ...more
Earlier yesterday, FDA announced that it has determined that the regulatory authorities of Austria, Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are “capable of conducting inspections of...more
11/1/2017
/ Confidential Information ,
EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inspections ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Mutual Recognition Agreement ,
Non-Public Information ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trade Secrets
FDA recently launched a public dashboard within the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) to improve access to data on adverse events related to drug and biological products. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D....more
On the same day that FDA’s Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, announced new policy initiatives regarding stem cell therapies and regenerative medicine, FDA announced stepped up enforcement in this area and posted a warning...more
9/21/2017
/ CGMP ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Genetic Materials ,
Health Care Providers ,
Inspection Rights ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical License ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Safety Standards ,
Stem cells ,
Warning Letters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the European Commission – DG Sante (DG Sante), signed a new confidentiality commitment which expands the scope of the current...more
On 18 January 2017, as one of the last actions of the outgoing Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other federal agencies (the Agencies) issued a final rule overhauling the...more
2/13/2017
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Biotechnology ,
Clinical Trials ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
IRB ,
NPRM ,
Scientific Research ,
The Common Rule